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Week 3 · 2026 season

Mississippi State @ South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA -3.5 · LEAN loss; OVER 54.5 · EDGE win. The full grades are below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 19 · FINAL · WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM
Mississippi State2-022%
South Carolina2-078%
MSSTNATL RANKSC
72nd
Model Overall
28th
55th
Model Offense
65th
80th
Model Defense
17th
1.9
Pace
-3.7
34%
Returning PPA
69%

Color marks the better value in each row.

Open total54.5
Model total57.1
SOUTH CAROLINA -3.5 · LEAN LOSSOVER 54.5 · EDGE WIN

Market cadence

Line movement

Latest: Mississippi State +3.5 · LEAN

+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9Open11:02 AMTue11:02 AMWed11:02 AMThu11:02 AMFri11:02 AMSat11:03 AM
  • Edge
  • Lean
  • No signal

Sat, Sep 19, 11:03:28 AM ET

Mississippi State line
+3.5
Producer tier
LEAN
  • Thu, Sep 10, 11:02:28 AM ET; Mississippi State line +7.5; producer tier No signal
  • Tue, Sep 15, 11:02:28 AM ET; Mississippi State line +3.75; producer tier No signal
  • Wed, Sep 16, 11:02:15 AM ET; Mississippi State line +3.75; producer tier No signal
  • Thu, Sep 17, 11:02:43 AM ET; Mississippi State line +4.0; producer tier No signal
  • Fri, Sep 18, 11:02:12 AM ET; Mississippi State line +3.75; producer tier No signal
  • Sat, Sep 19, 11:03:28 AM ET; Mississippi State line +3.5; producer tier LEAN

RATINGS AS OF: MSST wk 3 · SC wk 3

Model margin
South Carolina by 12.66
Opening line
Mississippi State +7.5
Latest line
Mississippi State +3
Close total
59.3

Graded model opinions

Every published Lean and Edge grades against its locked selected line. ATS and total results remain independent.

MSST41
FINALWilliams-Brice Stadium
SC34
  • WinSouth CarolinaWIN MISS
  • ATSSOUTH CAROLINA -3.5 · LEANLEAN MISS
  • TotalOVER 54.5 · EDGEEDGE HIT
Where these numbers come from

One model scores every FBS game: a win probability, a projected margin, and a projected total, built from as-of team ratings (offense, defense, pace, returning production, recruiting). Ratings on this page are snapshots from the week shown, with zero future information baked in.

Leans and Edges use the exact lines published before kickoff. Every published pick is graded.

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